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Rev. Eric Folkerth Oral History

Rev. Eric Folkerth Oral History

Object number2022.001.0075
Date10/17/2022
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Rev. Eric Folkerth
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 56 Minutes
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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Rev. Eric Folkerth. A local minister and singer/songwriter, Folkerth grew up in Dallas in the 1960s and 1970s with a sense of shame and guilt about the Kennedy assassination. After visiting The Sixth Floor Museum, he was inspired to write the song, “Sitting in the Trade Hall,” which he recorded and released in 2013. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on October 4, 2022 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifty-six minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
For seventeen years (2001-2018), Rev. Eric Folkerth was pastor of Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas. As discussed in this oral history, Northaven was the church where 1963 pastor Rev. Bill Holmes preached a controversial sermon on the Sunday following the Kennedy assassination in which he revealed that some Dallas schoolchildren cheered news of the president's death. After portions of that sermon were broadcast on CBS News, Holmes and Northaven received international attention which, according to Folkerth, had a significant impact on the congregation that can still be felt nearly sixty years later. A 2008 Museum public program featuring Rev. Bill Holmes may be found here: An Evening with Rev. William A. Holmes - YouTube. Also discussed in this oral history was Holmes' successor at Northaven, the late Rev. Bill McElvaney. A 2013 public program featuring Rev. McElvaney may be found here: Living History with the Reverend William McElvaney - YouTube. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator
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